These out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, are surprising for their place and time — but there's an explanation behind each ...

The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries ...

The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a city is lost, buried, or destroyed, but an entire group or nation of ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley and how that might relate to our own warming world.

Throughout history, numerous ancient technologies have left researchers and historians pondering the true capabilities of early civilizations. Were they more advanced than we give them credit for? By ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting ...

Cyprus has been unanimously admitted as a full member of the Ancient Civilizations Forum, joining Greece, Armenia, Bolivia, ...